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COURSES 

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Sociology,  Philanthropy,  Religion  and 
Education. 


Planned  Especially  for  those  Interested  in 
Social  Service. 


1912  - 1913 


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In  issuing  this  special  bulletin,  it  is  the  purpose  of  the 
University  to  direct  the  attention  of  prospective  students 
to  the  courses  offered  within  the  fields  of  Sociology,  Phil- 
anthropy, Social  Service,  and  Religion,  during  the  academic 
year  1912-1913. 

These  courses  are  designed  to  meet  the  needs  of  those 
desiring  to  fit  themselves  as  social  workers,  of  students  for 
the  ministry,  of  Sunday-school  teachers,  and  others  con- 
nected with  church  activities,  and  of  all  who  desire  a first- 
hand knowledge  of  social  conditions  and  the  modes  of 
dealing  with  the  great  social  problems  of  the  present  day. 

Pittsburgh  offers  exceptional  opportunities  for  the 
study  of  social  and  economic  problems,  and  the  University 
has  been  particularly  fortunate  in  securing  the  hearty  co- 
operation of  the  recognized  leaders  in  sociological  and  phil- 
anthropic movements  in  the  city. 


Doctor  Crafer 

Theory  of  Sociology 

Three  Terms,  2 credits  each  term 
A study  of  the  development  of  Sociology,  its  importance  and  place 
in  the  social  sciences,  and  of  the  underlying  biological,  physical,  and  psy- 
chical factors  in  Sociology.  Theory  and  methods  of  the  science  of  sta- 
tistics, with  special  application  to  the  study  of  social  life. 


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In  the  Winter  and  Spring  terms  a critical  study  will  be  made  of  the 
main  contributions  to  sociological  thought.  Special  attention  will  be 
given  to  American  sociologists,  including  Ward,  Giddings,  Small  and  Ross. 
The  laws  of  progress  as  outlined  by  the  various  writers  will  be  considered 
and  discussed.  Text-book,  lectures  and  reports. 

Evolution 

Fall  Term,  2 credits 

A critical  study  will  be  made  of  Darwin’s  “Descent  of  Man”,  and  the 
recent  studies  that  have  been  made  in  variation,  heredity,  and  evolution, 
and  their  application  to  race  problems.  The  modern  interest  in  Eugenics, 
and  the  contributions  of  Galton  and  Pearson.  Text-books : Darwin’s  De- 
scent of  Man,  Locke’s  Variation,  Evolution,  and  Heredity.  Lectures  and 
reports. 

Race  Development 

Winter  Term,  2 credits 

A Study  of  the  human  race  and  its  divisions,  with  special  reference  to 
the  sciences  of  anthropology  and  ethnology.  Ethnic  groups,  language,  the 
early  family,  marriage,  social  life  and  customs,  and  other  factors  which  en- 
ter into  race  development.  Colonial  policies  of  England,  France  and 
Germany  and  their  effects  on  native  races.  Collateral  readings,  lectures, 
and  reports. 

Race  Problems  in  the  United  States 

Spring  Term,  2 credits 
In  this  course,  special  attention  is  given  to  race  problems  in  the  United 
States,  the  Negro,  his  distribution  and  progress;  the  Indian,  the  Asiatic, 
the  new  Hindu  immigration  and  its  problem.  A study  of  the  immigrants 
now  coming  to  the  United  States  and  their  probable  effect  on  American 
social  life.  Lectures  and  reports. 

Social  Economy 

Three  Terms,  2 credits  each  term 
Problems  of  the  dependent,  defective,  and  delinquent.  A study  of 
charity,  the  pauper,  the  insane,  the  feeble-minded  and  the  dependent  child; 
the  best  method  of  dealing  with  them.  Problems  of  crime;  the  criminal, 
jails,  prisons,  reformatories.  A study  of  the  preventive  and  educational 
measures  now  developing  for  the  betterment  of  social  conditions.  Trips 
will  be  made  to  organizations  and  institutions  in  Pittsburgh  and  vicinity. 

Lectures,  assigned  readings,  reports,  and  participation  in  the  Psychol- 
ogical Clinic  in  connection  with  the  classes  in  Experimental  Psychology  in 
the  College. 

Research  in  Social  Economy 

Three  Terms,  2 credits  each  term 
Original  research  work  in  the  field  of  social  economy.  Each  year 
some  specific  social  problem  in  the  city  of  Pittsburgh  will  be  intensively 
investigated. 


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This  course  is  open  only  to  those  undergraduates  doing  superior  work 
in  Social  Economy  and  to  graduate  students. 

Social  Legislation 

Fall  and  Winter  Terms,  2 credits  each  term 
A study  will  be  made  of  the  historical  development  of  social  legis- 
lation in  the  leading  European  countries  as  well  as  in  the  British  colonies, 
but  particular  emphasis  will  be  laid  on  the  development  of  such  legislation 
in  America.  Laws  pertaining  to  the  family,  the  school,  the  mine  and  the 
workshop  will  be  carefully  analyzed  with  a view  to  showing  their  bearing 
upon  efficient  citizenship. 

Lectures,  recitations,  assigned  readings  and  reports. 

Social  Settlements 

Winter  and  Spring  Terms,  2 credits  each  term 

This  course  will  embrace  a study  of  the  aim  and  purpose  of  the  social 
settlement ; organization  and  conduct  of  settlement  activities,  summer 
outings,  etc.  Students  taking  this  course  are  required  to  participate  in 
the  regular  activities  of  social  settlements  established  in  the  Pittsburgh 
District. 

Lectures,  assigned  readings,  field  work. 

Administration  of  Poor  Relief 

Three  Terms,  2 credits  each  term 

This  course  is  designed  to  give  the  student  a comprehensive  grasp 
of  the  problems  involved  in  the  administration  of  poor-relief,  both  public 
and  private.  A study  will  be  made  of  the  development  of  systems  of 
poor-relief,  but  particular  attention  will  be  directed  to  the  organization  of 
relief-work  in  America.  Students  taking  this  course  with  a view  to  fitting 
themselves  as  social  workers  have  a rare  opportunity  of  doing  effective 
field  work  in  Pittsburgh,  under  the  direction  of  the  officials  of  the  various 
charitable  organizations. 

Lectures,  assigned  readings,  discussion  of  ‘'cases”,  field  work. 
Socialism 

One  Term,  2 credits 

The  origin  and  historical  development  of  communistic  and  socialistic 
theories ; an  intensive  study  of  the  works  of  Engels  and  Marx ; recent  in- 
terpretations and  criticisms  of  the  Marxian  doctrines. 

Particular  attention  will  be  given  to  the  present  status  of  Socialism 
in  Germany,  Great  Britain,  France,  and  the  United  States. 

Lectures,  recitations,  readings,  and  reports. 

Professor  Flocken 

Economics 

Fall  Term,  3 credits 

A brief  resume  of  economic  theory.  Discussion  of  practical  economic 
problems;  wages,  interest,  rent,  currency,  banking,  taxation,  trusts,  tariff, 
socialism. 

Text-books  and  lectures. 


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Labor  Problems 


Spring  Term,  3 credits 

The  characteristic  features  of  American  industry  and  immigration 
with  reference  to  the  supply  of  labor.  The  organization,  machinery  and 
methods  of  the  trade-union  and  the  employers’  association.  The  planning 
and  conduct  of  strikes  and  boycotts.  The  open  and  the  closed  shop.  Ar- 
bitration and  conciliation.  Industrial  efficiency.  Labor  legislation.  The 
Federal  and  State  laws  and  decisions  relating  to  labor,  the  factory  and 
sweatshop,  and  employers’  liability. 

Text-book  and  assigned  readings. 

• Doctor  Holds  worth 

Municipal  Problems 

Three  Terms,  2 credits  each  term 

An  intensive  study  of  the  socio-economic  problems  of  the  modern 
municipality. 

Doctor  Thorpe 

Government,  Federal  and  State 

Three  Terms,  2 credits  each  term 
The  development  of  government  in  America.  Charters  and  grants. 
Colonial  organization.  Formation  of  the  United  States  of  America.  The 
civil  organization;  State,  Federal.  Administration. 

Text-book,  lectures,  assigned  readings,  and  reports.  Prerequisite  to 
all  succeeding  courses  in  Political  Science. 

Municipal  Government,  Citizenship 

Three  Terms,  2 credits  each  term 
The  municipality  a corporation.  Organization  and  administration. 
Municipal  functions.  City  charters.  Initiative,  referendum,  recall.  Gov- 
ernment by  commission.  Municipal  systems  of  Europe. 

American  citizenship.  Status  of  the  family.  Naturalization.  Civil 
and  political  rights.  Expatriation.  Party  organization,  the  caucus,  the 
suffrage. 

Text-book,  lectures,  readings,  and  reports.  Required  of  Sophomores. 
Short  Course  in  Government 

One  Term,  2 credits 

This  course  will  embrace  a study  of  the  forces  and  factors  active  in 
state  formation,  the  fundamental  principles  underlying  government  and  the 
expansion  and  specialization  of  governmental  functions. 

Lectures,  assigned  readings,  recitations. 

Doctor  Wallin 

Clinical  Psychology  and  the  Study  of  Exceptional  Children 

Fall  and  Winter  Terms,  2 credits  each  term 
Present-day  interest  in  child-welfare,  modern  child-welfare  agencies ; 
method  and  standpoint  of  clinical  psychology ; aspect  of  a clinical  examin- 


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ation ; the  nature  and  aims  of  psycho-clinical  diagnosis ; general  directions 
for  the  conduct  of  psycho-clinical  tests  and  observations ; principles  of 
classification  of  exceptional  children ; the  Binet-Simon  method ; distribu- 
tion curve  of  human  capacity;  physical  defectiveness  in  relation  to  physi- 
ological, mental,  and  moral  deviation ; pedagogical  retardation ; the  social 
menace  of  the  feeble-minded;  causes  of  mental  deficiency;  the  school 
nurse,  social  worker,  and  dento-medical  inspector. 

Lectures,  reference  readings,  reports,  visits  to  institutions,  and  demon- 
stration clinics. 

The  Care  and  Education  of  Exceptional  Children 

Spring  Term,  2 credits 

A course  devoted  to  the  educational  aspects  of  course  i.  Concept  of 
the  exceptional  child ; five  standards  of  measuring  individual  deviations ; 
multiple-age  concept;  type  of  special  children — deaf,  blind,  crippled, 
speech  defectives,  morally  and  emotionally  unstable,  developed  or  incipient 
neurotics  and  psychotics,  supernormal,  subnormal,  etc. ; history  of  the 
scientific  study  and  training  of  exceptional  children  in  schools  and  institu- 
tions ; the  care  and  training  of  feeble-minded  and  backward  children ; the 
Montessori  system ; the  orthophrenic  effects  of  removal  of  physical  de- 
fects ; the  nature  and  treatment  of  speech  defects. 

Lectures,  reference  readings,  and  reports. 

The  Psychology  of  Mentally  Deviating  Children 

Fall,  Winter  and  Spring  Terms,  i credit  each  term 

This  course  is  devoted  to  a consideration  of  the  mental  peculiarities 
of  deviating  children,  such  as  the  blind,  deaf,  rickety,  speech  defective, 
crippled,  neurotic,  psychotic,  epileptic,  feeble-minded,  and  backward. 

Lectures,  discussions,  reports. 

Dean  Chambers 

Elementary  Child  Study 

Fall  Term,  4 credits 

A presentation  of  the  most  important  results  of  the  modern  child- 
study  movement  in  its  investigations  of  the  physical,  mental,  and  social 
nature  of  children,  their  educational  significance,  and  their  application  in 
school  and  home.  Some  account  of  the  history,  scope,  and  present  condi- 
tion of  the  child-study  movement. 

Text-book,  lectures,  readings,  reports,  and  investigations. 

Educational  Psychology 

Summer  and  Spring  Terms , 4 credits 

An  elementary  course  in  the  study  of  some  of  the  problems  of  educa- 
tion as  affected  by  certain  principles  of  ^psychology.  Such  topics  as  the 
relation  of  mind  and  body,  native  and  acquired  instincts  and  capacities, 
imitation,  memory,  attention  and  interest,  feelings  and  their  training,  ap- 
perceptive reasoning  and  thinking,  individual  differences,  etc.,  will  be 
studied. 

Text-book,  lectures,  reference  readings,  reports,  and  experiments. 


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Biological  Aspects  of  Education 

4 credits 

A study  of  the  educational  significance  of  the  principles  of  evolution, 
heredity,  instinct,  play  and  work,  genius  and  stupidity,  etc. ; the  parallel 
between  ontogeny  and  philogeny;  eugenics  and  education.  Education  as  a 
development  of  the  traits  which  man  has  by  virtue  of  his  being  an  animal 
is  the  main  thought  of  the  course.  The  principles  which  have  been  so  im- 
portant in  biology  for  the  development  of  life  are  studied  as  fundamental 
in  education. 

A graduate  course,  open  also  to  undergraduates  who  have  had  satis- 
factory preparation  in  biology. 

Professor  Sies 

Educational  Sociology 

Fall  and  Winter  Terms,  2 credits  each  term 

A study  of  education  as  a social  institution.  The  social  function  of 
education  and  its  place  in  sociological  theory.  Interrelations  between  edu- 
cation and  form  of  government.  Mediation  of  the  school  between  the  child 
and  society.  Social  significance  of  education  as  adjustment.  A critical 
consideration  of  moral  education.  The  sociology  of  teaching,  supervision, 
and  administration. 

Education  as  an  agency  in  social  economy.  Potential  power  of  educa- 
tion in  ameliorating  the  condition  of  the  masses.  Heredity  versus  the  so- 
cial environment.  A consideration  of  modern  educational  movements  from 
the  standpoint  of  social  economics. 

Professor  Robertson 

Adolescence  and  the  Problems  of  Secondary  Education 

Summer  or  Winter  Term,  4 credits 

A critical  study  of  some  of  the  vital  problems  of  curriculum,  method, 
discipline,  morals,  ideals,  social  relations,  physical  health,  industrial  train- 
ing, fraternities,  etc.,  of  high  school  pupils  in  their  relation  to  the  natural 
traits  and  interests  of  adolescence ; lectures,  readings,  reports,  and  text- 
book. 

A graduate  course ; may  be  substituted  for  child  study  by  undergradu- 
ates preparing  for  secondary  teaching. 

Elements  of  Pedagogy 

Two  Terms,  2 credits  each  term 

A resume  of  child  study  from  the  standpoints  of  biology  and  psy- 
chology, and  applying  the  principles  to  religious  education. 

A discussion  of  the  subject  matter,  its  adaptation  and  modes  of  presen- 
tation to  the  needs  of  the  child  in  his  various  stages  of  mental  and  moral 
development. 

Lectures,  reference  work,  and  observation. 

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UXiVcWall  Y Or  iULUMo., 

Biblical  Pedagogy 

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Two  Terms,  2creaits  each  lUim 

The  chief  characteristics  of  the  various  periods 
gress  from  childhood  to  manhood  will  be  made  the  guide  in  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  subject  matter  of  the  Bible  to  meet  the  needs  of  these  various 
stages  of  development.  A study  will  be  made  of  the  principles  of  selection 
and  methods  of  presenting  this  material. 

Lectures,  reference  work,  and  demonstrations. 

Mrs.  Carmalt 

Primary  Methods 

Fall,  Winter  and  Spring  Terms,  2 credits  each  term 

A course  dealing  with  the  first  five  school  years  and  designed  for  ele- 
mentary teachers  in  rural,  town,  and  city  schools.  The  course  includes  a 
study  of  the  aims  of  primary  instruction,  the  selection  and  organization  of 
subject  matter,  a special  analysis  of  units  of  study,  and  the  preparation  of 
lesson  plans.  Particular  attention  is  given  to  reading  and  language.  Lec- 
tures, readings,  reports,  observation  and  demonstration,  and  conferences. 

Miss  Kennard 

The  Structure  of  Society 

Fall  Term,  2 credits 

A brief  course  especially  designed  for  playground  teachers  and  work- 
ers. It  summarizes  and  describes  the  fundamental  social  institutions  af- 
fecting the  community  in  which  the  playground  teacher  works  under  the 
following  headings: 

The  Family.  The  patriarchal  family:  the  feudal  family;  American 
and  European  families;  the  industrial  family. 

Civil  Life  and  Industry.  The  nature  of  work;  primitive  industries; 
the  development  of  craftmanship ; the  conquest  of  machinery;  organization 
and  co-operation;  the  family  and  industry. 

Government.  The  rule  of  force  and  the  rule  of  law;  the  source  of 
authority  in  government;  benevolent  despotisms;  aristocracy  and  honor; 
the  meaning  of  democracy. 

Social  .Organization.  The  individual  and  society;  group  cpnscious- 
ness  and  social  order ; the  growth  of  social  consciousness ; social  unity. 

Doctor  Johnson 

Play 

Winter  Term,  3 credits 

This  course  first  attempts  to  determine  what  are  the  essential  forces 
that  underlie  the  instinctive  activities  of  children  and  the  relation  of  these 
forces  and  activities  to  education  and  social  progress. 

It  then  considers  child  nature  more  in  detail  and  attempts  to  interpret 
the  meaning  of  childhood  and  its  relation  to  racial  development. 


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Thirdly,  it  discusses  play,  its  nature,  functions,  and  place  in  education, 
so  far  as  education  is  concerned  with  the  development  of  right  interests 
and  powers. 

It  deals  next  with  the  practical  problems  of  play  in  education,  in  home 
and  school,  in  the  playground  and  social  center,  including  the  practical  con- 
duct of  social  centers,  playground  administration,  the  problem  of  adult 
recreation  and  public  amusements,  and  their  bearing  upon  social  and  civic 
life. 

Finally,  it  suggests  an  outline  of  a course  in  plays  and  games  which 
is  worked  out  and  demonstrated  by  experts  in  their  several  departments. 

Miss  Corbin 

Theory  and  Practice  in  the  Education  of  Childhood 

Fall  and  Winter  Terms,  2 credits  each  term 

This  course  aims  to  present  the  principles  of  development  as  applied 
to  children  under  ten  years  of  age.  Periods  of  infancy  and  childhood  are 
studied. from  the  genetic  point  of  view  and  play  programs  are  formulated 
for  three  periods : those  from  two  to  four,  four  to  seven,  and  seven  to  nine 
years  of  age.  A study  is  made  of  the  educational  methods,  materials,  and 
apparatus  of  Froebel  and  Montessori  for  the  purpose  of  adapting  the  best 
in  both  systems  to  the  problems  of  each  period. 

One  hour  per  week  is  *given  to  lectures  and  discussions  of  required 
readings,  and  one  hour  to  plays  and  games  and  experimentation  with  ma- 
terials. 


Dean  Fettermann  and  Mr.  Johnson 

General  Biology 

Fall  and  Winter  Terms,  4 credits  each  term 

This  course  is  an  introduction  to  the  field  of  biological  science  and 
aims  to  teach  the  fundamental  principles  of  Biology  as  well  as  to  furnish 
a large  amount  of  instruction  in  laboratory  practice.  For  students  wishing 
to  spend  but  a limited  amount  of  time,  it  affords  the  opportunity  for  se- 
curing a good  knowledge  of  the  subject. 

Instruction  is  given  by  means  of  text-books,  lectures,  quizzes  and 
laboratory  practice,  with  special  stress  upon  the  last.  Careful  attention  is 
given  to  the  final  form  into  which  the  results  of  the  laboratory  work  is 
cast,  and  note-books  prepared  according  to  requirements  constitute  in  them- 
selves a certificate  of  work  performed. 

The  course  includes  the  study  of  the  lower  organisms,  both  plant  and 
animal ; detailed  study  of  cryptogranic  and  phanerogamic  plants,  dissec- 
tion and  study  of  animal  types. 

Dean  Fettermann  and  Assistants 

Civic  Biology 

One  Term,  2 credits 

This  course  deals  with  the  consideration  of  various  urban  and  munici- 
pal problems  such  as  the  fly  nuisance ; conditions  of  milk  and  water  supply ; 


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cause  and  epidemiology  of  infectious  diseases ; conservation  of  useful  prant 
and  animal  species.  Many  other  topics  are  included. 

Lectures,  laboratory  practice,  and  field  work. 

Bacteriology 

Fall  and  Winter  Terms,  4 credits  each  term 

This  course  is  intended  for  students  taking  regular  courses  in  Biology, 
and  also  for  those  who  may  elect  the  work  in  Sanitary  Engineering.  Stu- 
dents are  expected  to  become  familiar  with  the  methods  of  detection,  iso- 
lation and  identification  of  various  micro-organisms.  Lectures  are  given 
on  the  classification,  morphology,  structure,  reproduction  and  cultural 
characteristics  of  bacteria.  Instruction  is  given  on  the  principles  of  sterili- 
zation and  disinfection,  special  emphasis  being  laid  upon  their  practical  ap- 
plication. In  the  latter  part  of  the  course  special  attention  is  given  to  the 
study  of  the  bacteria  occurring  in  soil,  water  and  milk.  The  manner  in 
which  bacteria  produce  disease  and  the  production  of  immunity  are  ex- 
plained. Text-books:  Jordan;  Abbott;  Muir  and  Ritchie. 

One  lecture  and  six  hours  laboratory  each  week. 

Advanced  Bacteriology 

Spring  Term , 4 credits 

This  course  is  a continuation  of  the  course  in  Bacteriology.  The  ob- 
ject is  to  impart  a practical  knowledge  of  the  bacteriology  of  water,  milk 
and  sewage.  Bacteria  are  studied  in  their  relation  to  the  dairy  industry, 
and  water  supply,  and  also  with  reference  to  the  part  they  play  in  the  puri- 
fication of  sewage. 

One  lecture  and  six  hours  laboratory  each  week. 

Mr.  Johnson 

Eugenics 

One  Term,  2 credits 

A course  devoted  to  the  consideration  of  those  influences  which  tend 
towards  the  improvement  or  degeneration  of  the  race.  Includes  the  study 
of  the  manner  in  which  the  various  classes  of  society  of  ancient  and  mod- 
ern times  have  contributed  to  civic  usefulness  to  the  population  at  various 
times;  the  inheritance  of  ability.  The  work  of  the  leaders  in  this  field  will 
be  carefully  studied. 


Doctor  Wallgren 


Personal  Hygiene 

Fall  Term,  2 credits 

Lectures  with  the  purpose  of  bringing  out  a general  but  accurate  idea 
of  the  care  and  the  operation  of  the  human  organism.  They  will  touch  on 
Anatomy,  with  a discussion  of  functions  of  the  various  systems,  empha- 
sizing effects  of  muscular  fatigue  and  bad  air  upon  the  body,  also  the  right 
use  of  body  and  methods  of  maintaining  proper  efficiency  through  choice  of 
foods,  recreation,  rest,  sleep,  exercise,  clothing  and  bathing. 


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Sanitation  of  Buildings 


Winter  Term,  2 credits 

Ventilation,  heating,  lighting  and  plumbing  are  considered,  chiefly  in 
their  relation  to  health  and  disease.  Other  topics  which  receive  considera- 
tion are  the  causes  of  disease,  regulation  of  body  temperature,  sources  and 
remedies  of  discomfort  in  private  rooms  and  public  halls  due  to  bad  air, 
over-heating  and  over-crowding. 

Municipal  Sanitation 

Fall  Term,  3 credits 

(a)  Water  Supply;  including  the  study  of  the  various  methods  of 
procuring  water  from  wells,  springs,  creeks,  rivers  and  lakes,  and  also  the 
methods  of  water  purification,  (b)  Disposal  of  sewage  and  refuse,  (c) 
Meat  and  milk  supply,  (d)  Epidemiology,  prophylaxis,  hygiene,  disinfec- 
tion and  control  of  transmissible  diseases,  (e)  Vital  statistics,  (f)  Hous- 
ing conditions. 

Required  of  all  students  taking  the  course  in  Sanitary  Engineering. 

One  lecture  and  four  hours  laboratory  each  week. 

Doctor  White 

Philosophy  and  Psychology 

Fall,  Winter  and  Spring  Terms 

(1)  History  of  Philosophy.  Fundamental  principles  of  Philosophy, 
stages  in  their  development,  and  present-day  applications. 

(2)  Principles  of  Psychology.  This  course  includes  Experimental 
Psychology.  Discussion  of  principles,  with  experiments  and  demonstra- 
tions. Practical  application  to  play-ground  and  social-center  work. 

(3)  Child  Nature.  A study  of  child  nature.  The  nascent  periods  with 
their  characteristics.  Practical  applications. 

Dr.  White  and  Dr.  Snyder 

General  Psychology 

Fall,  Winter  and  Spring  Terms,  3 credits  each  term 

An  introductory  course  designed  to  give  a general  survey  of  the  whole 
field  of  Psychology  so  as  to  serve  as  a part  of  a liberal  education,  and  as  a 
preparation  for  more  advanced  work  in  Psychology  and  other  subjects 
which  deal  primarily  with  the  phenomena  of  mental  life.  The  work  of  the 
Fall,  Winter  and  Spring  Terms  forms  a continuous  course.  The  work  is 
supplemented  throughout  by  demonstrations  and  experiments  before  the 
class. 

An  additional  hour’s  work  may  be  arranged,  the  time  being  devoted  to 
free  discussion  and  supplementary  reading  on  the  topics  of  the  main  course. 

Comparative  and  Genetic  Psychology 

Winter  and  Spring  Terms,  2 credits  each  term 

This  course  deals  with  animal  psychology,  and  with  mental  develop- 
ment in  the  race  and  in  the  individual. 


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The  work  of  the  Fall  Term  is  concerned  with  the  psychic  phenomena 
and  psychic  development  in  typical  forms  of  life  from  the  protozoa  to  the 
highest  animals.  Review  of  literature' on  the  experimental  study  of  ani- 
mals. 

The  Winter  Term’s  work  deals  with  racial  and  individual  mental  de- 
velopment Relation  of  the  psychic  life  of  the  group  to  the  group  activi- 
ties at  different  stages  of  civilization.  Mental  traits  of  different  races, 
epochs  and  social  classes.  Contact  of  races.  Child  development,  with 
special  attention  to  heredity,  the  instincts,  motor  development  and  training, 
social,  moral  and  religious  development,  and  characteristics  of  the  nascent 
periods,  especially  adolescence. 

Text-book,  lectures,  reading  and  original  observations  with  reports. 
Social  Psychology 

Fall  Term,  3 credits 

A course  dealing  with  the  individual  differences  of  character  and  in- 
telligence, their  causes  and  their  practical  significance  in  life ; common- 
ality; the  individual  and  society;  suggestion  and  choice,  fashions,  custom, 
conventionality,  imitation,  communication,  competition,  and  co-operation, 
the  psychology  of  advertising,  the  psychology  of  the  gang,  the  crowd,  the 
mob,  the  audience,  etc. 

Psychology  of  Religion 

Winter  Term,  2 credits 

A genetic  interpretation  of  religion  in  the  light  of  modern  psychology 
and  philosophy.  Special  emphasis  is  placed  upon  the  nature  of  the  religious 
needs  and  of  the  right  religious  training  in  each  stage  of  development  in 
child-life. 

Abnormal  Psychology 

Winter  Term , 3 credits 

The  phenomena  of  hypnotism,  automatic  writings,  hallucinations,  fa- 
tigue, sleep,  dreams,  old  age,  intoxication,  double-personality.  Character- 
types  and  the  factors,  hereditary  and  otherwise,  in  their  production. 

The  psychology  of  the  insane,  the  feeble-minded,  the  neurasthenic,  the 
criminal,  and  other  types. 

General  Psychology — Introduction 

One  Term,  2 credits 

A course  giving  a brief  survey  of  the  principal  fields  of  psychology, 
and  aiming  to  serve  as  a basis  for  further  study  in  psychology,  education 
and  philosophy.  Frequent  laboratory  demonstrations.  Regular  laboratorv 
experiments. 


Doctor  Dyess 

Historic  Movements 

Three  Terms,  2 credits  each  term 
This  course  will  embrace  a comparative  study  of  the  contributions 
made  to  civilization  by  the  leading  nations  of  ancient  and  modern  times. 


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This  course  will  deal  particularly  with  the  historic  religious,  social  and 
economic  movements  in  the  United  States. 

Lectures,  recitations,  readings,  reports. 

Doctor  Lin  hart 

History  of  Ethics. 

One  Term , 3 credits 

An  historical  study  of  the  origin  and  development  of  moral  ideas,  and 
of  the  leading  types  of  ethical  theory  with  especial  consideration  of  their 
application  to  the  conditions  of  modern  life. 

Comparative  Study  of  Religion 

Two  Terms,  3 credits  each  term 

A study  of  the  origin  and  development  of  religion  with  a review  and 
comparison  of  the  leading  features  of  the  great  historical  religions. 

Doctor  John  McNaugher 
The  History  of  the  English  Bible 

Winter  Term,  2 credits 

The  review  will  cover  the  original  sources  of  the  text — manuscripts, 
early  popular  versions,  and  patristic  quotations ; the  transmission  of  the 
text  in  the  Latin  Vulgate;  the  first  translations  in  Anglo-Saxon  times; 
Wycliffe’s  Manuscript  Bible;  Tyndale's  printed  Translation;  Coverdale’s 
and  the  Great  Bible ; the  three  rival  versions — the  Genevan,  the  Bishops', 
and  the  Rheims-Douai ; the  Authorized  Version  of  1611  ; the  Revised  Ver- 
sion of  1881 ; the  American  Standard  of  1901 ; an  exhibit  of  the  advances 
secured  in  these  recent  revisions  and,  at  the  same  time,  of  the  substantial 
integrity  of  the  New  Testament  text  throughout  its  entire  history. 

Doctor  W.  R.  Farmer 
The  Social  Teaching  of  the  Bible 

Winter  Term,  2 credits 

After  an  introductory  discussion  of  the  social  teaching  of  the  Prophets 
and  the  condition  and  structure  of  society  in  the  time  of  Jesus,  the  course 
takes  up  the  teaching  of  Jesus  as  it  bears  upon  the  conditions  and  problems 
which  must  be  met  in  the  task  of  establishing  the  Kingdom  of  God  upon 
the  earth,  and  concludes  with  a study  of  the  application  of  the  teaching  of 
Jesus  to  the  social  order  of  the  Graeco-Roman  world,  as  set  forth  in  the 
Acts  and  the  Epistles. 


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